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What exec did

This new column will include highlights from meetings of the Executive of the Students' Association. It will also sometimes compare claims with achievements. Today's report is on the meeting of May 20.

Executive was informed thet the Professorial Board had nominated Professors Minn, Richardson and Vignaux and Weir House Warden, Dr Tim Beaglehole, as its representatives on the Joint Committee on student power. First meeting of the committee was last Wednesday.

Preparations for University Open Day on June 11 were well underway, said Education Officer Candy McGrath. Individual members of Exec were Informed of the contributions expected from them.

Anxiety was expressed by Public Relations Officer Rhys Harrison that students were not participating in the varsity radio show. The NZBC was interested in all sorts of items from any students, he said.

Executive reached a compromise on a proposal from the New Zealand Universities Sports Union for a levy of 20 cents on every student to finance overseas sports tours. Money for this purpose at present came from the sports clubs and from the Golden Kiwi, said Sports Officer Rod Trott. But the latter source was drying up. It desired to have more overseas tours, particularly to Australia. It was also hoped to send four sportsmen to the biennial FISU games in the northern hemisphere.

The original proposal was defeated by seven votes to five. Gerard Guthrie then moved that the Vic delegates to the AGM of NZUSU be instructed to vote for a total levy of 20 cents Including the existing administration levy of seven cents. This was carried with one dissenting vote, that of Owen Gager. Owen then moved that all students be levied nine cents to send two chess players to an international chess tournament. The motion was ruled out of order.

The debate on the sports levy, the only Important one of the evening, was subject to constant interruption. Public Relations Officer Rhys Harrison, sitting in a corner listening to a transistor radio, repeatedly drew attention to scintillating items on the varsity radio show. At these Junctures the meeting would break off till the items were over and Rhys would go back to his corner. He did, however, return to the table to vote for the sports levy, promoted by one of his flatmates.

Last item on the radio show was an interview in which Rhys Harrison gave his views on Executive. Some of the student discontent with Exec, he suggested, might stem from the fact that people of a high enough standard were not getting on it.

In an Exec not noted for a good attendance record, the Public Relations Officer stands out. Of 29 hours of Exec deliberations this year, he has been present at 13½, Of nine meetings, he has been absent from three and has attended only parts of four.

Executive will meet again on Tuesday. June 4. Students are reminded that they may attend as observers. All meetings are held in the Executive Room on the first floor of the Student Union Building.